Saving Private Ryan | Hitchens Virtual Theatre

Internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan is an unforgettable film achievement that has had profound and lasting impact throughout the world. Winner of five Academy Awards? including Best Director, the film also captured Oscars? for Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound and Sound Effects Editing. More than 70 critics (including those at Time magazine, USA Today, The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly) and critics' groups in New York, Chicago, Dallas-Ft. Worth and Great Britain named the film Best Picture of the Year, while the Los Angeles, Toronto and Broadcast Film Critics honored it with both Best Picture and Best Director awards. In addition, Spielberg received his third Directors Guild of America Award, the American Legion "The Spirit of Normandy" Award, a USO Merit Award from the USO of Metropolitan Washington, as well as the highest civilian public service award from the Department of the Army. Selected for more than 160 Top Ten lists, Saving Private Ryan's other honors include Golden Globes for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director, the Producers Guild of America Award and ten nominations from the British Academy Film Awards. Saving Private Ryan was the top-grossing motion picture of 1998.

Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers, the story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion, then moves beyond the beach as the men embark on a dangerous special mission. Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan, whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds, the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realities of war, each man searches for his own answer ? and the strength to triumph over an uncertain future with honor, decency and courage.

Production Year:

1998

Released:

Tue, 11/02/1999

Run Time Minutes:

169

Rating:

Genres:

War

Genres:

Drama

Genres:

Action

Trailer:

Format Aspect Ratio:

1.85-Wide Screen

Resolution:

480x720 LowRez

Resolution:

720x1280 HiRez

Audio Language:

English

Audio Format:

Dolby Digital

Audio Channels:

5.1

Actors:

Tom Hanks - Captain Miller

Actors:

Tom Sizemore - Sergeant Horvath

Actors:

Edward Burns - Private Reiben

Actors:

Barry Pepper - Private Jackson

Actors:

Adam Goldberg - Private Mellish

Actors:

Vin Diesel - Private Caparzo

Actors:

Giovanni Ribisi - T/4 Medic Wade

Actors:

Jeremy Davies - Corporal Upham

Actors:

Matt Damon - Private Ryan

Actors:

Ted Danson - Captain Hamill

Actors:

Paul Giamatti - Sergeant Hill

Actors:

Dennis Farina - Lieutenant Colonel Anderson

Actors:

Joerg Stadler - Steamboat Willie

Actors:

Max Martini - Corporal Henderson

Actors:

Dylan Bruno - Toynbe

Actors:

Daniel Cerqueira - Weller

Actors:

Demetri Goritsas - Parker

Actors:

Ian Porter - Trask

Actors:

Gary Sefton - Rice

Actors:

Julian Spencer - Garrity

Actors:

Steve Griffin - Wilson

Actors:

William Marsh - Lyle

Actors:

Marc Cass - Fallon

Actors:

Markus Napier - Major Hoess

Actors:

Neil Finnighan

Actors:

Peter Miles

Actors:

Paul Garcia - Field HQ Major

Actors:

Seamus McQuade - Field HQ Aide

Actors:

Ronald Longridge - Coxswain

Actors:

Adam Shaw - Delancey

Actors:

Rolf Saxon - Lieutenant Briggs

Actors:

Corey Johnson - Radioman

Actors:

Loclann Aiken

Actors:

John Barnett

Actors:

Maclean Burke

Actors:

Victor Burke

Actors:

Aiden Condron

Actors:

Paschal Friel

Actors:

Shane Hagan

Actors:

Paul Hickey

Actors:

Shane Johnson

Actors:

Laird Macintosh

Actors:

Brian Maynard

Actors:

Martin McDougall

Actors:

Mark Phillips

Actors:

Lee Rosen

Actors:

Andrew Scott

Actors:

Matthew Sharp

Actors:

Vincent Walsh

Actors:

Grahame Wood

Actors:

John Sharian - Corporal

Actors:

Glenn Wrage - Boyle

Actors:

Crofton Hardester - Senior Medical Officer

Actors:

Martin Hub - Czech Wehrmacht Soldier

Actors:

Raph Taylor - Goldman

Actors:

Nigel Whitmey - Private Boyd

Actors:

Sam Ellis - Private Hastings

Actors:

Erich Redman - German #1

Actors:

Tilo Keiner - German #2

Actors:

Stephan Grothgar - German #3/Voice on Bullhorn

Actors:

Stephan Cornicard - Jean

Actors:

Michelle Evans - Jean's Wife

Actors:

Martin Beaton - Jean's Son

Actors:

Anna Maguire - Jean's Daughter

Actors:

Nathan Fillion - Minnesota Ryan

Actors:

Leland Orser - Lieutenant DeWindt

Actors:

Michael Mantas - Paratrooper Lieutenant

Actors:

David Vegh - Paratrooper Oliver

Actors:

Ryan Hurst - Paratrooper Michaelson

Actors:

Nick Brooks - Paratrooper Joe

Actors:

Sam Scudder - Paratrooper #1

Actors:

John Walters - Old French Man

Actors:

Dorothy Grumbar - Old French Woman

Actors:

James Innes-Smith - MP Lieutenant

Actors:

Harve Presnell - General Marshall

Actors:

Dale Dye

Actors:

Bryan Cranston

Actors:

David Wohl - War Department Captain

Actors:

Eric Loren - War Department Lieutenant

Actors:

Valerie Colgan - War Department Clerk

Actors:

Amanda Boxer - Mrs. Margaret Ryan

Actors:

Harrison Young - Ryan as Old Man

Actors:

Kathleen Byron - Old Mrs. Ryan

Actors:

Rob Freeman - Ryan's Son

Actors:

Thomas Gizbert - Ryan's Grandson

Actors:

Linda Carol - Nurse

Actors:

John de Lancie - Letter Reader

Actors:

James Embree - German Paratrooper

Actors:

Nina Muschallik - Ryan's Granddaughter